Spain, 1469-1714

This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen's authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research.

Informationen zum Autor Henry Kamen obtained his doctorate at Oxford and has been a professor at universities in Britain, Spain and the United States. He is emeritus of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, Spain, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. An eminent authority on Spanish history, he has written over twenty studies in the field, including The Spanish Inquisition (new edition, 2014), Philip of Spain (1997) , Spain's Road to Empire (2002) , and The Escorial (2010). Klappentext This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen's authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research. Of the First Edition: ...a highly professional book...which gives a very useful and up-to-date account of the most interesting period in Spanish history. The Times Literary Supplement Zusammenfassung This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen's authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Fourth Edition. List of maps. Glossary. A note on coinage. Prelude. 1. The Catholic Monarchs 14691516. 2. The rise of empire: Charles V 15161558. 3. A world power: Philip II 15561598. 4. The crisis of government 15981660. 5. Spain's people in an age of crisis. The survival of the middle classes. 6. The end of the old empire 16601714. Appendix 1. Dynastic table of Spanish rulers, 14741700. Appendix 2. Economic and demographic statistics. Maps. Bibliographical Note. Index.

Autorentext

Henry Kamen obtained his doctorate at Oxford and has been a professor at universities in Britain, Spain and the United States. He is emeritus of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, Spain, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. An eminent authority on Spanish history, he has written over twenty studies in the field, including The Spanish Inquisition (new edition, 2014), Philip of Spain (1997), Spain's Road to Empire (2002), and The Escorial (2010).

Klappentext

This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen's authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research.

Inhalt

Preface to the Fourth Edition. List of maps. Glossary. A note on coinage. Prelude. 1. The Catholic Monarchs 14691516. 2. The rise of empire: Charles V 15161558. 3. A world power: Philip II 15561598. 4. The crisis of government 15981660. 5. Spain's people in an age of crisis. The survival of the middle classes. 6. The end of the old empire 16601714. Appendix 1. Dynastic table of Spanish rulers, 14741700. Appendix 2. Economic and demographic statistics. Maps. Bibliographical Note. Index.